||Sym*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. sy`n with + &?; a gill.] (Zoöl.) An
order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent
beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the
skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the
premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.
||Sym*bran"chi*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. sy`n with + &?; a gill.] (Zoöl.) An
order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent
beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the
skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the
premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.